Prof William Austin
Professor
Research areas
Palaeoceanography, Marine Geology, Foraminifera, Stable Isotopes, Climate Change.
See Environmental Change Research Group for more information.
My research focus is directed primarily at reconstructing past climate change from marine records, with a particular focus on the late Quaternary. I work extensively with foraminifera and have a growing research interest in the use of biogeochemical proxies and their application to foraminiferal-based palaeoceanography. Over the last decade, I have established a research interest in the application of tephrochronology to constrain North Atlantic stratigraphies, an interest which overlaps with recent work on marine radiocarbon reservoir ages. The primary geographical focus of my research is the North Atlantic continental margins and shelf seas.
PhD supervision
- Alex Houston
- Hanna Ewen
- Kirsty Black
Selected publications
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Open access
Assessing the potential vulnerability of sedimentary carbon stores to bottom trawling disturbance within the UK EEZ
Black, K. E., Smeaton, C., Turrell, W. & Austin, W., 4 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 892892.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carbon storage in UK intertidal environments
Austin, W. E. N., Smeaton, C., Ruranska, P., Paterson, D. M., Skov, M. W., Ladd, C. J. T., McMahon, L., Havelock, G. M., Gehrels, R., Mills, R., Barlow, N. L. M., Burden, A., Jones, L. & Garbutt, A., 31 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) Challenges in estuarine and coastal science: Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association 50th anniversary volume. Humphreys, J. & Little, S. (eds.). Exeter: Pelagic PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Open access
Distribution of particulate and dissolved organic carbon in surface waters of northern Scottish fjords
Smeaton, C. & Austin, W. E. N., 5 Sep 2022, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 274, 6 p., 107952.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Quality not quantity: prioritizing the management of sedimentary organic matter across continental shelf seas
Smeaton, C. & Austin, W., 14 Mar 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 5, 11 p., e2021GL097481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Scottish saltmarsh, sea-level rise, and the potential for managed realignment to deliver blue carbon gains
Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Houston, A. & Balke, T., 30 Jun 2022, Climate XChange. 77 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
Sedimentary carbon on the continental shelf: emerging capabilities and research priorities for Blue Carbon.
Graves, C., Benson, L., Aldridge, J., Austin, W., Dal Molin, F., Fonseca, V., Hicks, N., Hynes, C., Kröger, S., Lamb, P., Mason, C., Powell, C., Smeaton, C., Wexler, S., Woulds, C. & Parker, R., 8 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 926215.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Using citizen science to estimate surficial soil Blue Carbon stocks in Great British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L. C., Skov, M. W. & Austin, W., 11 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 16 p., 959459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Assessment of carbon capture and storage in natural systems within the English North Sea (Including within Marine Protected Areas)
Burrows, M., Moore, P., Sugden, H., Fitzsimmons, C., Smeaton, C., Austin, W., Parker, R., Kröger, S., Powell, C., Gregory, L., Procter, W. & Brook, T., 8 Nov 2021, 03 ed. Blue Marine Foundation . 85 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
Blue carbon stock in Scottish saltmarsh soils
Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Riegel, S., Ruranska, P. & Miller, L., 14 Sep 2021, Marine Scotland. 46 p. (Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science; vol. 12, no. 13)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
Carbon burial in the mid-latitude fjords of Scotland
Smeaton, C., Yang, H. & Austin, W., Nov 2021, In: Marine Geology. 441, 106618.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review